Tag: Laayoune

Record 18.2 mln Passengers Passed through Morocco’s Airports in 2016

January 21, 2017

The number of passengers at Moroccan airports grew 3.58% in 2016 compared to 2015 to reach a record 18.2 million, said the national airport office ... Read More

Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous visits Laayoune

October 23, 2016

After Rabat, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous flew to the southern city of Laayoune where he will meet local authorities and visit ... Read More

Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous in Morocco this Week

October 19, 2016

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said he would pay a visit to Morocco this week to meet Moroccan officials and visit the headquarters of ... Read More

Polisario ‘Diplomat’, Persona Non-Grata in Laayoune

August 24, 2016

Moroccan authorities in Laayoune airport denied entry to Polisario official, M'Hamed Salem Hamda Birouk, who serves as an “ambassador” of the separatist group in Argentina. ... Read More

MINURSO Member Caught Spying on Moroccan Security Forces in Laayoune

July 13, 2016

A member of the UN mission to the Sahara (MINURSO) was recently caught spying on the Moroccan police in the southern city of Laayoune, the ... Read More

Ennaama Asfari or the Miracle of a Hunger Striker

March 28, 2016

Inmate Ennaama Asfari claims he has been on a hunger strike for almost a month, yet he does not seem to suffer from any weakness, ... Read More

Rabat Resumes Contacts with Brussels Raising Hope for Spat End

March 18, 2016

Morocco has decided to resume contacts with the European Union after having rebuffed European institutions following European Court ruling invalidating a farm deal signed with ... Read More

Lalla Joumala, the Princess, the Ambassador

February 8, 2016

During the Council of Ministers chaired Saturday in the southern city of Laayoune, King Mohammed VI appointed some 40 new Ambassadors to several foreign capitals. ... Read More

King Mohammed VI Proceeds to Several Appointments in Laayoune before Heading to Dakhla

February 7, 2016

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI who is currently undertaking a tour in the Sahara provinces proceeded Saturday in Laayoune to the appointment of several officials to ... Read More

Morocco: King Carries on Implementation of his Roadmap for Sahara Development

February 5, 2016

King Mohammed VI who arrived in the Saharan city of Laayoune Thursday coming from Ouarzazate, where he had dedicated the first plant of the Noor ... Read More